Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Meh
Honky tonk isn’t my thing, but “Boxcars” has a dark and interesting vibe. Nothing else stood out to me or broke through the trappings of the genre, but Ely has a good voice that fits well.
I feel like there's a story here. Robert Demery, the creator of 1001 Albums..., was reluctantly dragged out to a country bar by a friend where Joe Ely happened to be playing. Not wanting to be there, he drank a bit more whiskey than intended, and caught the eye of a not unattractive Joe Ely fan. Maybe he learned to line dance from said fan. By the end of the night, they were clinging drunkenly, sweatily and sexily to each other and could barely make it back to the fan's one room apartment before they were tearing their clothes off of each other. With strains of Honky Tonkin' throbbing in his ears, Demery had a night of love making the likes of which he had never before experienced and hasn't since. From that day on, he's held out that Joe Ely is a genius musician and one of the only "true" country artists. This story would be about the only reason I can discern why this album would be one of the few country albums on this list, as opposed to the literal thousands of others that would be more worthy.
Only tolerable because of some great guitar solos.
I had a very hard time believing my country ratings are above my overall average because of albums like this. But the I see the generator categorizes some albums as country that I don’t think of as country (CSN, The Eagles). Agree to disagree.
First song is a banger then it's all downhill from there. The fingernails one is extra weird.
Remarkably not offensive at all
If you liked this kind of stuff, I’d say it would be great. He has a good voice. However, I do not like this kind of stuff.
Really not up my alley making it hard to rate objectively.
Too much honky tonk.
I mean sure, ok. Wait, why is there an accordion? What is going on with this first song? It can't decide what it is. A few tracks in, everything is more or less as random, and I don't know why I'm listening to this, so I'm going to stop trying to work it out and instead tell you about retired professional wrestler, the Honky Tonk Man. The Honky Tonk Man once had the longest Intercontinental Title reign in WWF history, at 454 days. He held this record for over 35 years, when it was finally broken by a far superior performer, Gunther, in 2023. The match when Honky dropped the title to the Ultimate Warrior at Summerslam '88 is objectively funny, and extremely short, go check it out. Honky would dress as an overweight Elvis with a huge face and terrible hair, and twat people with guitars and generally cheat to win or DQ to keep the title, which is obviously good heel work. I had a feeling he would be a massive bell end in real life but I cannot find any solid evidence for this (other than the fact he has maintained that hairstyle to this day, but I guess it is his livelihood) and so I will therefore not state it.
southern accent, steel guitar, the usual. First 10 seconds promising, but then it changes and is just run of the mill country
I enjoy the honky tonk mix of country and rock to an extent. A few redeeming qualities, but some of those sad wind songs were too much.
I do enjoy the sound of a steel guitar. This album didn't wear my patience down as much as other country music, but nah, still not a fan of this genre. Might be fine if you're out dancing a two-step (in small doses).
This one is tough to decide. I am generally not a fan of country, but this isn't the usual country: there's some inventive stuff going on here, with a lightness without the usual twanginess. I liked Boxcars and Cornbread Waltz was pretty good. I disliked both the imagery and vocals of Fingernails, but the tune is a bit of an earworm, and it is a fairly original set of lyrics despite being distasteful. I did not like Because of the Wind because I didn't like the instrument, although stepping past that, it was a reasonable representation of wind. Tonight I Think I'm Going Downtown was the most stylisticly like the country I don't like. Hard to decide: I might listen to a couple of these again, but I probably won't seek out the album overall. Strong 2 stars, but just not quite enough for 3.
At least the album title accurately described what was coming...
Just not for me.
Three or four nice songs but the rest are pretty run-of-the-mill and non-memorable. 4/10
Honky Tonk has to be the corniest sub genre of country around. I literally cannot distinguish between singers or songs in the genre.
Just country music to me. Fairly inoffensive, but not my style.
I've listened to enough honky tonk on this list to know it ain't for me.
Blind album and artist. This Honky tonking man better Honky tonk outta my brain and make me forget my askewed jive this morning from musical whiplash.
A couple of grooves, but not really my kinda honky tonk.
Ok country.
Classic country. Not really my style, but it's certainly well executed.
It all merged into one for me. Not really feeling it.
1970s honky tonk with a Texas focus - not my style at all, but I guess it's okay if you like the genre (a la boot-scootin' boogie)
Didn't feel like there was a lot to this one
First listen. Nah.
Pleasant background noise
Not for me. Sophomoric lyrics and totally predictable melodies. Some creativity in the guitar playing but for the most part it's just par for the course honky-tonk/country.
Well made and fun, but not crazy good by any means. Doesn't feel like a landmark album for anything. Favorites were Boxcars and Fingernails
Why is this album on the list?
Jakie jest country każdy widzi. A to nawet, moim zdaniem, nie jest jakieś dobre country. Chłopiec z gitarą i niewiele więcej. 5/10 zaokrąglone w dół, bo czas zacząć się szanować.
Boxcars is a solid song, so is Jericho, though Cornbread Moon is just silly. Though this delivers on the promise of honky tonk for sure. I mean good god they say it enough in the lyrics.
Didn't really like this. It had a lot of elements that I might usually enjoy, but they were not put together in way I enjoyed. 2/5
country né pra mim não papo reto
Just not good enough to be on here...
Turns out I don't like honky tonk music. I guess it was short and a couple of the tracks weren't too awful, so I'm going with 2 stars.
C+ country. The Texas Waltz was fun, but other than that there is nothing here for me that I’ll be coming back to.
What the shit is going on here lads? That’s like a moog synth pretending to be an accordion or something? Weird. And then it settles down to standard boring country. Not my thing.
Exactly what the title implies. Completely mediocre. 2.5/5
This was a bit too country for me.
Meh american rock country
Honky Tonk 2/5
If you’re gonna country, you might as well full country.
Not Bad. Just C&W
Makes me want to eat grits and spit tobacco. But as a tofu eating member of the European wokerati, this is not a good thing.
There are two genres of popular music that I really don't care for, probably because of cultural background. The first of this is hip hop, and the second is country and western music. My heart sank a little when this album came up, particularly since I aim to listen to each album two or three times. Perhaps mercifully, this one is only 33 minutes long. Aside from the tooth-grating C&W flourishes such as yodels and pedal steel, the album is at its best when Joe Ely is rocking out. Unfortunately those moments are all too fleeting. I can't really rate this particularly highly, though I note from Wikipedia that Ely was quite broadminded when it comes to crossing genre boundaries. I think this and subsequent albums may have been more influential than I know - for example on The Clash's growing interest in Americana.
Decent for that type of music.
Honky Tonk - it's a waste of good musicians.
I don't hate it. But I don't like it.
någon nånstans kallade det här för progressiv country och någonstans kan jag väl höra det, det är inte 100 % rak country, en lite pluspoäng för det.
This is a masquerade alright! I tried to keep an open mind, but I don’t see at all why this album is on the list. Two stars because it might be the best honky tonk out there.
I honestly thought I was going to like this a lot more. It's just ok.
At best I wasn’t completely annoyed by this… until Fingernails came on which just grossed me out.
Not really my thing.
Reminds me of the music my mom would put on when we had to clean the house on the weekend. Not horrible, but not something I'd choose to listen to on my own.
Classic country. Not my thing, but didn't hate it
I'm learning that the early '80s, And the late '70s leading into the early '80s was a pretty distinctive era, regardless of the music genre. It's crazy how you can hear it even in country western. This was fine, dated though.
Sounds corny most of the time, but there are a few instrumental moments that gets interesting here and there, mainly the use of a moog, which I don't really remember hearing on a country album
This guy clearly didn't shoot the sheriff.
I'm sure this man has never urinated on a railway or jumped from a moving train.
Honestly, not my thing.
I did not enjoy this
Folk country aburrido.
I hate this genre so much soz I was so bored
🥱😴
Listenable, but old fashioned country music is not really my jam. 2,5
Late 70's Honky Tonk..........FFS I've just listened to Throbbing Gristle before this. My head is messed up but this is so mainstream it could be a theme tune to a corny 80's TV show. I can't bring myself to hate it though and I truly love Joe.
4/10 Look, this was very well made country rock, I get it, but it just wasn’t for me. Good voice, nice mixture of traditional and modern instruments, nice vibe to the whole thing. Just not for me. Best: Jericho
Some okay stuff here, but I wouldn't doubt if you could trace today's (mostly) terrible country music to this.
I can tolerate a little country, but not this.
Keeps those fingernails long so he can make that chalkboard sing. Nice to have my ears bleed a little before I die.
If I was in a pub in Tennessee I'm sure I would want to listen to this music. But I couldn't be any further away from there, so it is just basic background music which is nice, but not something I would revisit again.
I'm a huge fan of classic country. There's nothing memorable about this album.
I don't understand how it is that, whenever the words "Honky Tonk" are uttered, ot makes the song sound exactly the same as every other song that uses the same phrase. At least this album has some scattering of more unique lyrics and instrumentation scattered about, but not enough to raise it much in my estimation. Preferred track: probably "Boxcars."
Honky Tonk Masquerade is a disappointing end to a fairly good week, it's prosaic country with a bit more tempo to it, fun at times (Cornbread Moon, I'll Be Your Fool) but really it's not anything special (Fingernails is enjoyable too but it's a standard blues shuffle you've heard from hundreds of acts) and we've had better country or country-adjacent albums. Probably only a high 2, I don't care for it much.
Another filler album, without the decency of at least having one big hit on it. Pretty generic country plus (the plus being a bit more energy and more of a backing band), but, yeah, nothing we've not had better before. 2/5.
A lot of country.. too much for me
Yeah, nah. Really? Why is this on the list? The mind boggles.
It's ok but it doesn't speak to my heart the way other country music does.
I tough it was just another country album from a singer not so well known when i received it. I was correct this time but it at least contaims some sparklings of old rock n roll. It ewas fun to see these signs with good guitar work.
2 fine but forgettable
First two songs had me thinking that this album was going to be pretty bad but Boxcars brought me back into the fold. That was the best track. The rest was underwhelming
Middling
Not my thing
another one that leaves you wondering why this album is on the list
Not my cup of tea. Sounds like something that would playing out of a tinny radio at a backroad truck stop
Not really into that American country vibe. But did feel transported to that local watering hole where the country folk hang.
Had some witty lyrics but didn't really leave an impression on me.
Pretty generic country album. A mix of blues, country and some folk. It honestly didn't make a great impression. Probably Boxcars was the best track but I can't remember much of it even though I tried. Strong 2, maybe just not in the mood for country today.
Fine. Good for country
Boring
Not bad I just don't care
This isn’t terrible. I actually liked “Boxcars”. But overall it was a tough 33 minutes to get through.
Horrendous
I like my redneck shit but this ain't it
Vähän liian toisistaan irrallisia tarinoita, liian arkkityyppimeininkiä. Onko mussa vikaa, kun en kuule tässä omaa, kiinnostavaa ääntä. Joe ei saa mua kuuntelemaan juttujaan.
Tämän levyn soundissa on sofistikoituneisuutta, joka ikävä kyllä toimii sen toimivuutta vastaan. Ensi kuulemalta kovinkaan paljoa kappaleiden varsinaisesta sisällöstä ei jäänyt mieleen. Mutta taitavia kantrimuusikoita.
Really enjoyed 'Boxcars' - listened to it about 4 times, but rest of the album is your run of the mill honkytonk. 2.5 stars.
not much to say
Fingernails is a jam, probably won't be coming back to the album though.
Fun, but just not really my thing. Starts pretty slow, but the songs get more interesting and upbeat towards the end. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Generic and kind of awkward
Just not my taste, can't do honky tonk country no matter how good it is.
70’er country, ok, men heller ikke overvældende
Pas trop ma came - peut être si j'avais un pick-up de ricain avec un grand chapeau et des kilomètres de route à faire défiler ça serait le mood, en attendant pas trop
Folk country aburrido.
Honky tonky Bob Denvery
This was the country sound I have feared every time there has been a country record on here. Nothing I connect with.
When I’m a minute in and counting down 33 to go that ain’t good. Appreciate the short run time though.
Overproduced country that tries to play all sides: soft pop, hard rock, and folky outlaw country. It's fairly standard but fluffs it up by doing some things weird and different like unusual instrument choices, genre fusions, or unexpected chord changes. It works ok, and definitely stands out a bit from peers, but I'm not seeing any reason to revisit. It was short and had various styles with pleasant melodies, so it was easy to listen to and enjoy. Favorites: Cornbread Moon, Boxcars
I'm not a honky tonker, sorry.
Too much honking, too much tonking, too much country.
I’m not a big fan of country music but I did enjoy Because of the Wind and Boxcars.
4.5/10
I may have heard of Joe before this but not 100% sure. Certainly didn't know this album or any of the song except "Fingernails" which I heard covered by Marcia Ball. Not too bad of an album. However, I doubt it will make my regular rotation.
I'm British, so Country is not a genre I'm familiar with or particularly understand. This is OK, it sounds nice enough, but I'm not remembering a single track, and I only listened to it 20 minutes ago. It's a low 3, but still a 3.
This album is trying to be too many things. It walks a line between pop, western country, gospel, blues, and Texas country and it is just too much. Also the choice of synth and accordion were kinda bizarre. The 80s were truly on the horizon.
They did not lie re: Honky Tonk. A little too much for mine, though I guess I can see the proto alt-country in some of this.
Most C&W albums are one stars, this scrapes a two
Boah wieder so alte handgemacht Rockmusik. Rhythm and Blues und Country. Schnarch. Ach, so schlimm ist es gar nicht Ich war eben aber genervt vom Wäscheaufhängen.
Not enough haw to my yee (medio whack) - Mari Yeehaw, we got some cornbread, we got some incest and most of all we got some long ass nails for the banjos, welcome to Alabama - alex
idk very very country western. 2 stars. Just not part of any culture that gives me feels. A good album to line dance too, but thats where it begins and ends for me.
"Boxcars" is actually kind of interesting. You could tell me it was written by a mid 2000s folk rock band like The Decemberists or Murder By Death and I would totally believe you. "I'll Be Your Fool" is kind of fun. "Fingernails" is dumb, but also a low-key banger. There's even some interesting use of Moog synths on this album which is not usually something I associate with this kind of glossed up, modern country. That's it. That's everything nice I have to say about it.
This was masquerading as honky tonk music. Couldn't help myself.
Good voice, well produced, but I rally cant remember any of the songs after listening through it. Not my cup of tea.
I have a Pavlovian response to hearing a slide guitar - I immediately want to punch the speakers and listen to anything else. That I didn't do it for this record says something I guess, but it's still too twee and country for me.
I hate weepy steel guitar so much. It's one of the many reasons I tend to dislike country music. That and the syrupy-thick, sad-sack lyrics. This album as both of those hated elements in spades. I'm willing to admit that this is probably a good representation of the genre. But I hated it.
Country ist einfach nicht meins, gibt wenige Ausnahmen, aber dieses Album gehört nicht dazu.
Cornbread Moon, as the opener was a bit too C&W cringey and twangy. That being said, vocals and guitar work are pretty good. Unfortunately the album, bar one track, is too C&W for my liking, so it's a 2.
Pretty major country sound, not my tempo.
Cornbread Moon und Boxcars (Cooler "train whistle" sound mit der Mundharmonika) beste Tracks Rest leider recht langweiliges und generisches Country-Allerlei Honkey Tonk scheint wohl mal n Ding gewesen zu sein
Ganz ok. Gibt aber anderen Country, der mir deutlich mehr zusagt und interessanter ist, z.B. Townes Van Zandt.
not rly into it
If you look up honky tonk in the dictionary, this album comes up… “I keep my fingernails long so they click when I play piano” is an ear worm. Dad’s review: “taste is objective”
Masquerading as a country record. Ended up listening to Waylon & Willie instead.
Songs about cornbread, fingernails and honky tonkin' aren't really my thing. Still better than modern country
Is "corny" short for corn-fed? I'm European and I don't know what this is.
Ugggh! Honky cowpoke music for Christmas? When did I pick up the zoink gift in the White Elephant exchange? Gross. This is not what I wanted. I had my eye on that Rumours album as a special holiday treat. Foiled by Joe who-even-is-this?? Ely though.
Du country rock bien correct. Bien exécuté mais rien de marquant, je n'y reviendrai probablement jamais. 5/10
Ya gotcherself two kindsa country music. There's yer moonshine swigging, pork 'n beans, bare-knuckle boxin', rootin' tootin' country, and there's yer studded cowboy boots, F1 cars and fried food at the rodeo country. I tend to lean towards the former myself, but ol' Joe here makes country of the latter variety. He does do some interesting things with it, "Boxcars" is a nice example of pushing the boundaries of commercial country, and his guitar playing is decent, but for the most part the misses outnumber the hits. 2 cornbread moons out of 5 🌕🌕
Americans love this glossy soulless country bollocks. Vapid nonsense that sounds the same as every other country twangy album. Nope.
The nice thing about this is the sweet spot between rock and roll (Fingernails) and country (Honky Tonk Masquerade). The other thing is that it's not that distinctive. I can see why he went on tour with The Clash, and enjoyed listening, but no real desire to add to playlist. Also very short and sharp. Sidebar: some of these tracks have 3,000 spotify streams. Even notorious 1001-ers like Kollaps and Duck Stab/Buster and Glen have streams in the many 10,000's - making him I guess one of the most obscure artists on this list.
Not bad but country
very country
Not alt enough.
Not good.
Kinda boring country. Definitely better than some country, but nothing I would say I liked. First song had me a little hopeful, but the rest wasn't as good. My favourite song was Cornbread Moon.
had some cajun themes liked it overall but prolly not gonna come back for any listens
Pierwsza całkiem niezła, dalej nope
Southern country bar music, not my thing
Mij is volstrekt onduidelijk waarom ik dit voor mijn dood gehoord moet hebben.
Om mijn lieftallige echtgenote te quoten: 'Dit is gezapig as fuck'.
Blaah, melkonen rosvosektori työpäivän taustamusaksi. Ehkä tällekin vois löytyä oma aika ja paikka.
Meh, nää kantrihommat on jo kyllä kuultu
Not my thing honestly. A little fun to listen to but not something I'd choose to unless I was at a cowboy bar.
Eh. Honky tonk is right, and while I'm usually all in favor of a departure, this one didn't take me someplace I enjoy. Instead I was in a bar with a loud guy performing songs too lively for the hour. Not bad music per se, but one trick pony if you ask me. A couple I enjoyed (and I love the song about going downtown, I refuse to believe that isn't innuendo), but overall, bit of a dud for me. Favorite tracks: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown, Boxcars. Album art: I swear I'd seen this before, or maybe something just like it, but I thought it was for some Americana rock act. Definitely wasn't this guy that I heard. It's a pretty decent pic, as far as band pics/portraits go. But not much to talk about. 2.5/5
easy listening, not my jam
Not really my thing, definitely won't revisit. 2.5
Decent country
some not exciting country
Another meh and slightly corny country album.
2.5
2.5 Honkytonk is not a favorite of mine.
This was ok, didn't fully do it for me though. Call it a 2.5.
I don’t mind blue grass/ country music and this was alright but didn’t make me want to listen again so a harsh 2*
Fairly bog standard country.
Downloaded one song - Honky Tonkin’. Like country and this era but didn’t find too much on this album that caught my attention. Might see if he has anything else that I might like. I checked and did not find anything.
What's the opposite of ASMR? Fingernails and the slide guitar in Because of the Wind are so bad they'd make baby jesus cry. I did enjoy Boxcars tho.
not my favorite kind of country
Unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced my chaps and cowboy boots.
Anything that uses the phrase ‘honky tonk’ is never going to be for me, but the first half of this album was actually pretty darn good - the straight/swing switch-ups of the opener were fun, the production was solid and it was overall a good listen. Unfortunately everything after the title track was garbage
Standard chord structures, predictable lyrics, nothing to see here.
Genres: Country rock Formed: 1977 (solo) Run time: 10 songs, 33 min, 32 sec The second album by the singer-songwriter. Spotify: Least popular song: <2000 Most popular song: almost 389k plays. Seven of the ten tracks have less than 5k plays on Spotify. Ely does a great job of painting a picture with his lyrics. The songs are often mournful and a little whimsical. The general theme is that of dealing with life’s struggles. The songs are OK but they don’t stand out against any of the other country artists then or now. Listen Again?: No My Rating: **
I found this very beige and quite irritating tbh! Not my bag at all. Very repetitive in style.
Not great. I don't mind country when it's got a bit of pazzazz but this was boring. In fact, one good song came on and I thought 'oh this is pretty good' then looked and the album had finished and it was playing someone else haha
(audible sigh) I suppose it wasn’t that bad, and it was a shortish album making it less of a chore. 2.5 stars.
Ok
Nope to the honky tonk.
Joe Ely seems to have played with everyone. Band mates have gotten around too. Not my thing though
It was ok, nothing special for me, didn't playlist any songs. Plenty of better country out there.
Goh - NIet de grootste Countryfan
Did not know this album before. I understand it is a classic in its genre (Allmusic: 5, Christgau: A, Rolling Stone: 4.5) and it sounds very competent to me, but I won't be listening to it again.
2 good songs and a bunch of shit
Lively, bouncy country. Good fun, but not my cup of tea at all
ahooo
Ik geef me volledig over aan deze lijst in de hoop m'n horizon te verbreden, dus er zijn een x aantal kansen om me te overtuigen dat er vroeger wél goede country werd gemaakt. Dan moet je dit soort dingen eigenlijk weglaten. 10 tracks waarvan er 7 minder dan 3500 streams hebben op Spotify, dus zelfs de country fans zijn dit denk ik met me eens. Het is niet verschrikkelijk, maar het is ook zeker niet goed. De productie voelt wat goedkoop (ondanks dat het een remaster is) en ons Joe zingt eigenlijk steeds net niet zuiver. Z'n stem klinkt wat dun.
Con este nombre está más o menos claro lo que incluye y tal como empieza no hay dudas. Honky Tonk. Con media hora entretenida no da tiempo a muchas quejas. Pero en general prescindible.
Meh
But too country, although I liked Boxcars
Todella kädenlämpöistä, jopa kliseistä kantria. Ei koko levyllistä jaksais, 2/5.
Country and I don't resonate at all.
Not a big fan of country...
Not for me
It was ok. Joe Ely- liked cornbread moon Nice slide solo on because of the wind Box car- kind of a cool vibe. Cool harmonized guitar lines Jericho- like the half time part 2.5
This made me cringe.
Not a great lover of country, it's ok
Starting with the first track some of this was honking. Some albums clearly just get on the list to tick a genre box
This contributes to my influential doesn't equal good belief. He certainly may have influenced a lot of music I like, or maybe they were influenced by the same people. I appreciate the mix of country/blues/big band but it's an artist that was almost good. Fingernails was just bad. Erica: it's country. It's hard for me to be objective.
not sure that i buy much of what Joe Ely is selling on Honky Tonk Masquerade (not that he has that much to offer in the first place): the record is loaded with corny evocations of lower class midwestern quirks that Ely beats to the ground until they become indistinctive. it starts off strong, with its first three songs rich and full of color. “Boxcars” is the best thing on here — it fully captures the Ely’s vivid storytelling and complex country rock compositions. but every song following that is cheesier than the one before, and eventually they all begin to droll along. there are some last minute highlights, of course, like “Fingernails” or the title track, where Ely just goes off and has the time of his life. but as a non-country fan, Honky Tonk Masquerade unfortunately does not prove itself to be the record to make me a convert, but oh well…
This was not a great listen for me, an adherent of "Any Music but Country".
It started and I went hmmmm, then there were a couple of moments early on when I thought that this might take off in an unexpected direction, but it didn't.
country. very ok, but not something i would listen to again i think
Some really horrible cliched country, but then there are songs like Boxcars, which is brilliant, and Fingernails, which is a great piece of rockabilly.
Nag
All I needed to see was "honky tonk" to know I would hate his. Ironically, the closing track, called Honky Tonkin' kinda rocked. There was a decent piano number on here too, though pretty off-putting that it was written about Fingernails. Neither could really save this for me.
Nej
The biggest thing I have learned in going through 1001 Albums is that I do not like Honky Tonk even a little. This album does not change that. Bailed on it.
Funky country? I don’t think so
Eihän tätäkään kuuntele kukaan ja sille on syynsä
ich dachte mir schon beim titel das dieses album nichts ist für mich. korrekt!
no estaba en mood para escuchar country
skipeada historica
Når jeg plejede at sige at jeg ikke kunne lide country, så var det lige præcis sådan noget her jeg mente
Not a single braincell made a connection by hearing this.
Quizás está bueno pero no voy a volver a escuchar country en estos 1001 días.
Admittedly, I'm not well versed in classic country, but I couldn't connect with this one. It sounded over-produced, especially compared to the country I have enjoyed, like George Jones and Willie Nelson. Several songs had really odd decisions made musically, like the abrupt tempo change on Cornbread Moon, or the sweeping minor key violin coming in really loud on Boxcars.
Skiva inneholder til tider noe helt alright gitarspill, men alle andre elementer er danseband 101. I sine mørkeste øyeblikk er det faktisk slowdanseband. Det eneste sporet det er mulig å høre på er Boxcars, som best kan beskrives som Outlaw Country uten noe som helst edge. Lawful Country? Into the dumpster it goes.
The only honky tonk I want to experience is The Honky Tonk Man from 80’s WWE. This is just another trash ass country album that no one should bother with.
Wow. This one sounded like an average singer at a bar singing to a badly produced karaoke track. And I'm sorry, but the song "Fingernails" that is literally about his fingernails made me want to throw up. WTF dude.
TURN THIS SHIT OFF
Better than I expected, not a terrible listen. Country music never gets me though.
I guess it's only fair that all genres have representation on this list. But truly: fuck this.
As far as country this was better the majority of the genre. It’s not Dolly though, and it’s still country. So I will pass on this
(12/100)
Butt clenchingly awful, but thankfully quite short
Unimaginative. Mundane. Hum Drum. Boxcars was ok, not a bad feel. but is a recording career built on being ok? Talk about snooze against the dying of the light, oh death come to thee from this boredom.
Nope.
1 star for making me hungry for cornbread.
Chintzy vibes. Saccharine and maudlin. Voice has the emotional range of a fan coil unit. Couldn’t make it through the whole album.
Nope
112. not my thing
I thought maybe there wouldn’t be any country music in this list. I was wrong. I hated this.
Knew from the first 10 seconds this would be rough. I don't like country music for the most part, but accept that there are some good songs and artists of the genre. This is not one of those artists. I prefer more folk style country music when I do listen to it. This is like line dancing music and might make for a good time at a barn dance, but that's the kinda good time I personally try to avoid. 1 star
I hear a rock\country\zydeco mix with a pinch of schmaltz. It doesn't seem to have a lot of depth and I'm having a hard time taking it seriously. This isn't my thing.
Rodeo clown music
The worst of all possible worlds - country/rock/pop crossover dreck with late-70s production values. I'm not sure why this is so highly regarded, I fail to discern any redeeming qualities at all really.
The production and instrument tones on this record are SO bad, it's unlistenable. I love a good country record too. Can't for the life of me figure out why this is on the list, it sucks shit.
Generic country sounds
I am mystified how anyone can actually enjoy this unless they’re into line dancing, I actively do not associate with line dancers
country, donty like it
Country on steroids
Generic songwriting, awful production, and just about every cliché in the entire genre of country, what's not to love? It's hard to believe that this in only just over half an hour long, it felt like it went on forever, I had had enough after about 2 songs because they literally all sound exactly the same. His voice was what got on my nerves the quickest, I swear some country singers purposefully give their voice a more southern twang in an attempt to fit the sound of the genre more, but it's just so obvious how inauthentic it is. I know country is a very popular genre to hate on, and for the longest time I was even a part of the "I listen to everything except country" club. But I am now learning that amazing country music absolutely exists, but this album is just so far removed from that. If this kind of shit is all that people are being exposed to, no wonder it's such a hated genre.
There’s a lot of Americans on this site who seem to label everything with a guitar and from the UK as ‘Britpop’. As a result I will be labelling this particular squeezy-cheese-in-a-can as ‘Freedom Pop’.
Heel matige instrumentals en zang, uitermate slechte en saaie lyrics en sorry, maar het nummer over z'n vingernagels is echt gigantisch goor, daarvoor -1 ster.
Incredibly boring album but it’s not terrible sounding music whatsoever. It actually has a good bop to it. It just doesn’t capture my attention enough to stand out as anything special.
completely unnecessary
1 minute in and knew it wasn’t for me. No thanks!
Yeah, this one’s not for me. Boxcars was a decent song, but other than that I just wanted to turn this off. I guess I’m just not a fan of the whole honky tonk sound or song writing style at all. This isn’t quite as bad as modern country, but it’s not far off. Actually I take it back, the last few songs are just as bad as modern country. There’s nothing cornier and more inauthentic than a country singer singing about their truck and tractor.
pass
The accordian on Cornbread Moon is really somethin'.
I’m going to have to take my first did not listen. I just had no time yesterday and I wasn’t about to ruin my commute listening to honky took music.
I feel like I'm dying in slow motion while riding an electric bull.
An absolute chore. Slide tone is brutal
Just...no. Very little country on here has been worth my time. This doesn't add anything.
Painful
New ick just dropped! :D
Not a fan of country ish music
I bloody loved the title track from this one, really great song. Unfortunately that was literally the only thing I liked about this album. I probably hated I’ll Be Your Fool as much as I liked HTM. Luckily this was just over half an hour long so wasn’t a slog to get through but I won’t be going back to it. Top Track - Honky Tonk Masquerade
No
this shit sucks (forced to listen to county music growing up)
Are there two more foreboding words in the English language than honky tonk? It's exactly as risible as you'd expect basically. There is the tiniest hint of meaning and emotion towards the start, and then it's just...honky tonk.
Just so corny, even for country. Best song is Fingernails.
Nej.
Crappety crap, what a terrible smell of southern americana
Country sucks.
180° flip from yesterday's album also released in 1978. This not enjoyable for me. I was glad it was a short album. It was just cliche filled country. There were so many other, better country albums from this era. It's either a 1 or 2 star album at best for me.
Shite. 1001 have you got it out for us? Sick of country music. Sorry Joe, just not for me. Only thing I like is the name of the album. In all seriousness, I just don’t really like this type of music. I don’t feel much connection to it.
Not my style. Jangly songs about nonsense. Feels really low risk. Honky Tonk is a descriptive title that’s about the highest compliment I can give it.
This could be any generic country album. Couple of interesting moments, but not something I'd consider 'must'.
I don't like Country, especially B-grade Country singers who don't deserve to be included here.
The fingernail song is pretty gross.
genuine ass :sob:
Not for me
Ok country singer. No real hits.
This is like sitting in a diner in Middle America at about 2.30 on a muggy afternoon. The plastic water cups on your table are fresh out of the washer, so they are hot enough to warm any water beyond room temp. The jukebox is playing up again, so it is just repeating the same three second stretch of music. There is a rusty ceiling fan on low, but it is so hot that it is only pushing warm air on to you. You have arrived just after the lunch time rush, so the kitchen can only offer you a chili con carne that is thermonuclear in heat. The bean to meat ratio is heavily favouring the beans, so you're pretty sure you're gonna shit yourself on the drive home. There is a dusty old cougar wearing leather and leopard print, keen to talk to you because your out-of-town accent arouses her.
Dette var til tider skrale greier. Trist hvis nivået på country musikk skal representeres av dette albumet. Sikkert fortjent to stjerner totalt, men det er noen låter som irriterer meg grenseløst både tekstmessig og musikalsk, så det blir 1,9.
Nope
Puts the 'try' into country. Insipid.
fine. i'm bored
I was not previously familiar with the artist or album, but from the cover and title, I would have guessed it was country. I did not care for this at all. It was painful to get through even though it's relatively short. I would not listen again.
she honks on my tonk till i masquerade
Wow never have I known that an album was going to get a 1 so fast. Still, I persisted and listened to the whole thing. The guitar tone is discordant with the general honky-tonky vibes in some places, more of a new wave tone than twangy. Odd
I have to admit that if this album was released today I still wouldn’t like it.
Honky tonk twat
Ugh. This is awful.
ass
Did not listen
Boxcars is good. Most of these songs are so middle of the road country. A couple sound like big band jazz country. That must be why "he was considered a rebel of Texas music" Not great. Not good
Not my style.
1 stars
What if we made country music but boring?
I. Just. Can’t.
Nothing for me here. Softer than an Andrex factory, and I'd soon listen to their mascot puppy being taught to sing by the choir in Ely Cathedral.
A simple country album from an artist I've never heard of. Apparently, he sang the Spanish lyrics on Should I Stay or Should I Go. Lucky for him to get an album included in this book. It seems he's made other more popular works than this. It was pretty short and alright I suppose.
Lazy boring and uninspiring
2/10 - a country crossover with Elvis, bad
His second album. Country. Cornbread Moon - opening track, fuck me that was shit ! Ugh ! This album is corny as fuck. 'The trees bend becuse of the wind, almost all the time' Wow ! Well fuck me ! What lyrics ! The production and tones are all off. Apparently he somehow found himself opening for The Clash at a gig. He had beer thrown on him and was spit on by the British Punks. I don't blame them.